"Dad, why don't we go for a walk? You can watch the kids play soccer at the park," Spencer says. His father replies, "What's the point? Nothing really matters anymore." Which of Kubler-Ross' stages is Spencer's father experiencing?

The answer is depression.

Explanation:

Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross developed a model that comprises five stages of grief. In the example, Spencer's father is likely at stage four: depression.

During this stage, the person feels hopeless, and he or she might lose interest in any type of activity, leading to isolation. This occurs because the person has fully realised the gravity of the situation.

depression

Explanation: "What's the point? Nothing really matters anymore." is a pointer to depression.

Depression is a commonly accepted form of grief that defines a state of mind that produces serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future. It is often characterized by periods of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or death at one's own hands.

Depression represents the emptiness Spencer's dad feels, what we feel when we are in a reality and realization the a person or situation is gone or over.

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